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Alf
03-05-2009, 09:41 PM
New York, 1991 draft day

There was excitment in the draft room, but there was little doubt who will be picked with the first overall pick (QB Favre). With that in mind, the New York draft day task force was uber excited as it was a "we can pick anyone we want in this draft class !".

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S Eric Turner at UCLA

Despite having already two greast safeties on their roster, the New York Giants management elected to select UCLA alumni and former QB Troy Aikman teammate, S Eric Turner (http://www.goldenerafootball.com/playercard.php?playerid=13031). Team defensive coaches are still debating wether to switch Eric to CB or not, but in all likely, he'll play there even if his official GEFL position is set to safety.

S Eric Turner joins former UCLA bruins stars, QB Troy Aikman and WR Flipper Anderson on the Giants roster.

With no pick until the top of round 5, the New York Giants 1991 draft relied on that pick, and the team is very happy to have drafted Eric.

nateoffy
03-06-2009, 03:24 AM
love this pick, will hate playing him though!

Alf
03-13-2009, 03:57 PM
Eric is entering training camp as a Safety, and will get out of it as a safety. He has the frame of a linebacker so we did not take the cahcne to test him at CB despite his overall uber greatness in terms of agility.